From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European Commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude Juncker.
12 Facts About Carlos Moedas
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In March 2021, Carlos Moedas announced his candidacy as Mayor of Lisbon in the 2021 local elections, and was elected on 26 September of the same year.
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Carlos Moedas was born to a communist journalist and a seamstress in Beja, Alentejo, southern Portugal, in 1970.
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Carlos Moedas studied at Lisbon University, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Tecnico.
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Carlos Moedas spent his final year studying at the ENPC via the Erasmus Programme; he was one of the first Portuguese students to undertake an Erasmus exchange.
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Carlos Moedas then took postgraduate studies at Harvard Business School, graduating in 2000 with the degree of MBA, after which he came back to Europe to work in mergers and acquisitions for Goldman Sachs.
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Carlos Moedas then worked at Eurohypo Investment Bank in its Real Estate Investment Banking Division, before returning, in August 2004, to Portugal, when Moedas joined the real estate consulting company Aguirre Newman Portugal becoming Managing Partner until 2008, when he set up his own investment management company, Crimson Investment Management.
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Carlos Moedas was elected to Parliament, becoming the first PSD Member of Parliament for that district since 1995.
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Carlos Moedas oversaw EASME, the agency created to monitor and control the implementation of the structural reforms agreed in the context of the assistance programme by a troika composed of the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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In 2014, Pedro Passos Coelho, Prime Minister of Portugal, nominated him as European Commissioner, and Carlos Moedas' name was approved by EC President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker on 1 September.
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On 1 November 2014, Carlos Moedas became European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.
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In March 2021, Carlos Moedas announced his candidacy as Mayor of Lisbon in the 2021 local elections, and was elected on 26 September of the same year.